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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, allowed the swing district seat to sit vacant for more than a year as her party clung to a slim majority.

A grand jury approved a fourth count against Cole Tomas Allen, who prosecutors say wounded a federal officer while attempting to kill President Trump.

The officer, who was in Miami for an event President Trump was attending over the weekend, was seen masturbating in the hallway, the police said.

Voters are starting to make decisions after receiving their primary ballots this week. The election includes a turbulent governor’s race and a competitive mayoral contest in Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles suspect was lonely and angry and felt “enslaved” by rich people, prosecutors say. After being romantically spurned, they say, he went into the mountains and lit a …

A series of Republican contests will test his grip on the party.

The shooting took place near Arcadia Lake, northeast of Oklahoma City, where a crowd of young people was having a party, the police said.

State lawmakers declined to back a Trump-inspired plan to move 1,300 homeless people to a campus on the edge of Salt Lake City, but supporters are trying to keep the …

Cellphone bans got devices out of students’ hands, according to the first large study. But behavior and academics have not improved, at least so far.

The conspiracy theories around the Butler, Pa., assassination attempt hurt Helen Comperatore, but in this age of distrust, partisanship and social media, she nurtures a conspiracy theory of her own.